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Wildlife biologists are putting tracking collars and cameras on bears near Central Florida neighborhoods. The devices, which rely on GPS technology, beam the animal's location to a computer every half-hour and may help the study team understand where Florida black bears spend their days and nights around the Wekiva River. The project also may provide insight into why Florida's largest native land mammal often leaves the safety of the forest to roam inside neighborhoods such as Carisbrooke in Seminole County, where a woman was mauled in April. "This will give us a peek at what these bears are doing," said Mike Orlando, a black-bear expert with the state Fish &...

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Wildlife biologists are putting tracking collars and cameras on bears near Central Florida neighborhoods.
The devices, which rely on GPS technology, beam the animal's location to a computer every half-hour and may help the study team understand where...

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Both the University of Miami and Florida International University have built complexes that...

One advocates for Cherokee Indians, the other for the Everglades. Florida Atlantic University is giving both honorary doctorates today. Jim Henson , a former tribal chief of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, is being honored for helping FAU...

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The earthquake was centered about 31...

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